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Habitual bank robber who dressed as a nun confesses her crimes
The Star Ledger ^
| June 22, 2018
| Kevin Shea
Posted on 09/29/2018 8:41:40 PM PDT by Passaic
They had a habit of targeting banks in disguises. Over three months last year, the two young women went to four of them in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Once they dressed as nuns. Other times they wore hijab head coverings. Twice, they fled banks empty handed.
At another, they tried to pry open an ATM machine with a screwdriver. They did not complete the withdrawal.
They actually robbed a Spencer Savings branch in Garfield, New Jersey, at gunpoint, on Sept. 27, 2017.
Their take was $2,900.
Now, Melisa Aquino Arias, 23, of Passaic and Swahilys Pedraza-Rodriguez, 19, of New Haven, Connecticut face possible prison sentences for their capers.
Arias pleaded guilty to three crimes in federal court in Newark Friday and admitted her role in in the bank spree, the U.S. Attorney's Office of New Jersey announced.
Pedraza-Rodriguez pleaded guilty to the same crimes in April - bank robbery, attempted bank robbery and conspiracy to steal from one.
(Excerpt) Read more at nj.com ...
TOPICS: Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: bankrobber; criminals; nun; passaic; passaicnative; sister
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posted on
09/29/2018 8:41:40 PM PDT
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Passaic
To: Passaic
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posted on
09/29/2018 8:54:45 PM PDT
by
heterosupremacist
(Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.)
To: heterosupremacist
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posted on
09/29/2018 8:55:54 PM PDT
by
Publius
To: Passaic
“Habitual”.
Someone call the pun police. This is an emergency!
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posted on
09/29/2018 8:57:04 PM PDT
by
Junk Silver
("It's a little hard to herd people onto trains when they're shooting at you." SirLurkedalot)
To: Passaic
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posted on
09/29/2018 8:58:02 PM PDT
by
BlueLancer
(It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged. (G.K. Chesterton))
To: Passaic
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posted on
09/29/2018 8:58:23 PM PDT
by
MrEdd
(Caveat Emptor)
To: Passaic
Sister Stickup, Nun with Gun.
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posted on
09/29/2018 9:00:01 PM PDT
by
Songcraft
To: Passaic
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posted on
09/29/2018 9:00:44 PM PDT
by
heterosupremacist
(Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.)
To: MrEdd
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posted on
09/29/2018 9:01:08 PM PDT
by
Flag_This
(Liberals are locusts.)
To: Passaic
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posted on
09/29/2018 9:04:18 PM PDT
by
EinNYC
To: heterosupremacist
look a that picture lower rt hand corner... WTF???
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posted on
09/29/2018 9:07:54 PM PDT
by
Chode
( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
To: Chode
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posted on
09/29/2018 9:13:37 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
damn strange picture in a bank
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posted on
09/29/2018 9:17:27 PM PDT
by
Chode
( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
To: Chode
It’s probably something else. Just a trick of the eye.
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posted on
09/29/2018 9:47:55 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Passaic
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posted on
09/29/2018 10:48:59 PM PDT
by
rfp1234
(I have already previewed this composition.)
To: BenLurkin
Definitely look like faces to me. May have been some sort of humorous ad for the bank.
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posted on
09/29/2018 10:50:29 PM PDT
by
rfp1234
(I have already previewed this composition.)
To: Passaic
HABITual? Nun?
I C W U D T.
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posted on
09/29/2018 11:28:08 PM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: Passaic
Re “They had a habit of robbing banks in disguises”.
Well, they had a bad habit of getting caught.
Now the only “habit” they have is a prisoner’s jumpsuit and handcuffs. That is one “habit” they won’t be able to break for a long time.
To: Passaic
Swahilys?
Mut be a tranny. They tend to pick odd name.
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posted on
09/30/2018 6:50:21 AM PDT
by
KosmicKitty
(Opportunities multiply as they are seized.)
To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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posted on
10/25/2023 7:33:33 PM PDT
by
Passaic
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